An Ohio man allegedly asked for bereavement leave before killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend on the day she was due to give birth.
Kayvon Warren, 30, has been charged with two counts of murder, along with other charges, in connection with the 2023 death of India Kinamore, 26, and her unborn child, according to a press release from the Colerain Police Department (CPD) on Aug. 21.
Robert Ervin, 20, and Lamar Morris Suggs, 22, were also arrested in connection with the case.
Authorities responded to reports of a shooting around 4:39 a.m. on March 4, 2023, the CPD said. Kinamore was pronounced dead at the scene. Police noted that she was in the “late stages” of pregnancy, and her unborn child also died as a result.
In a press release from the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office on Aug. 28, prosecutor Connie Pillich said the investigation showed Warren was seeing another woman at the time. She added that Warren planned to kill Kinamore because he was facing financial problems and did not want her to have the baby.
Pillich said Kinamore was killed on the very day she was supposed to give birth.
According to the prosecutor, Warren, with help from Ervin and Suggs, allegedly broke into Kinamore’s home, pretending it was a burglary. Warren “even requested bereavement leave from his job prior to the death, a detail that underscores the premeditated nature of the crime,” Pillich said.
“This should have been one of the happiest days of India’s life,” Pillich added. “Instead, the father of the child conspired with two others to kill her. It is heartbreaking. My office will see that justice is done for both India and her baby.”
Warren’s attorney, Clyde Bennett, denied that Warren wanted to end the pregnancy and said his client wanted the child, according to WLWT 5.
Ervin’s attorney, Robert Jones, said his client “has no ties to this case,” according to The Cincinnati Enquirer.
It is unclear if Suggs has legal representation. Warren and Ervin are being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center on a $600,000 bond, while Suggs is serving a sentence in Ohio for unrelated charges, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
